Robert C. Spear

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
165 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Robert C. Spear is a scholar working on Parasitology, Ecology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert C. Spear has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Parasitology, 28 papers in Ecology and 20 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Robert C. Spear's work include Parasites and Host Interactions (37 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (23 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (18 papers). Robert C. Spear is often cited by papers focused on Parasites and Host Interactions (37 papers), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (23 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (18 papers). Robert C. Spear collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Robert C. Spear's co-authors include George M. Hornberger, Les C. Cwynar, Song Liang, Alan Hubbard, James Ritchie, Linda C. K. Shane, Margaret B. Davis, Frédéric Y. Bois, Steve Selvin and Edmund Y. W. Seto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Spear

163 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Eutrophication in peel inlet—II. Identification of critical uncertainties via generalized sensitivity analysis

1980 498 citations Robert C. Spear profile →
AN APPROACH TO THE PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

1981 450 citations Robert C. Spear et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert C. Spear	983	971	940	816	666	165	5.3k
Stephen J. Connor	1.7k 1.7×	394 0.4×	236 0.3×	322 0.4×	1.7k 2.5×	62	5.0k
Pietro Ceccato	2.2k 2.2×	1.9k 1.9×	163 0.2×	614 0.8×	715 1.1×	76	6.3k
Hilary G. Morrison	163 0.2×	6.2k 6.4×	914 1.0×	377 0.5×	336 0.5×	132	15.3k
Stephen L. Rathbun	198 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	206 0.2×	124 0.2×	255 0.4×	84	4.7k
Franz Rubel	2.1k 2.1×	1.7k 1.8×	799 0.8×	941 1.2×	663 1.0×	70	11.8k
Madeleine C. Thomson	566 0.6×	290 0.3×	317 0.3×	66 0.1×	1.9k 2.8×	94	4.0k
Rana Moyeed	182 0.2×	470 0.5×	318 0.3×	160 0.2×	732 1.1×	32	4.0k
James B. Campbell	575 0.6×	1.8k 1.8×	68 0.1×	217 0.3×	337 0.5×	229	7.1k
Andrew P. Morse	677 0.7×	374 0.4×	225 0.2×	80 0.1×	1.9k 2.9×	99	4.7k
Song Liang	108 0.1×	1.0k 1.1×	1.8k 2.0×	190 0.2×	1.1k 1.7×	117	5.5k

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Cheng, Qu, Xingjie Hao, Degang Wu, et al.. (2023). Feasible intervention combinations for achieving a safe exit of the Zero-COVID policy in China and its determinants: an individual-based model study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 23(1). 390–390. 1 indexed citations

León, Tomás M., Travis C. Porco, Christina S. Kim, et al.. (2018). Modeling liver fluke transmission in northeast Thailand: Impacts of development, hydrology, and control. Acta Tropica. 188. 101–107. 8 indexed citations

Carlton, Elizabeth J., Yang Liu, Bo Zhong, Alan Hubbard, & Robert C. Spear. (2015). Associations between Schistosomiasis and the Use of Human Waste as an Agricultural Fertilizer in China. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(1). e0003444–e0003444. 16 indexed citations

Carlton, Elizabeth J., Michael Bates, Bo Zhong, Edmund Y. W. Seto, & Robert C. Spear. (2011). Evaluation of Mammalian and Intermediate Host Surveillance Methods for Detecting Schistosomiasis Reemergence in Southwest China. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 5(3). e987–e987. 38 indexed citations

Spear, Robert C., et al.. (2011). The challenge of effective surveillance in moving from low transmission to elimination of schistosomiasis in China. International Journal for Parasitology. 41(12). 1243–1247. 57 indexed citations

Carlton, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2010). Using variable importance measures from causal inference to rank risk factors of schistosomiasis infection in a rural setting in China. PubMed. 7(1). 3–3. 9 indexed citations

Hsiang, Michelle S., Elizabeth J. Carlton, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2010). Use of Ultrasonography to Evaluate Schistosoma japonicum-Related Morbidity in Children, Sichuan Province, China, 2000–2007. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 82(1). 103–111. 9 indexed citations

Liang, Song, Robert C. Spear, Edmund Seto, Alan Hubbard, & Dongchuan Qiu. (2005). A multi-group model of Schistosoma japonicum transmission dynamics and control: model calibration and control prediction. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 10(3). 263–278. 47 indexed citations

Soller, Jeffrey A., Adam W. Olivieri, James Crook, et al.. (2003). Risk-Based Approach To Evaluate the Public Health Benefit of Additional Wastewater Treatment. Environmental Science & Technology. 37(9). 1882–1891. 38 indexed citations

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Seto, Edmund, Bing Xu, Peng Gong, et al.. (2002). The Use of Remote Sensing for Predictive Modeling of Schistosomiasis in China. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 68(2). 167–174. 42 indexed citations

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Spear, Robert C., Alan Hubbard, Song Liang, & Edmund Seto. (2002). Disease transmission models for public health decision making: toward an approach for designing intervention strategies for Schistosomiasis japonica.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 110(9). 907–915. 66 indexed citations

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Ogunbanjo, GA, et al.. (2001). Human Rabies: A tragedy that must be prevented. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23(6). 7–7. 2 indexed citations

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Seto, Edmund Y. W., Don R. Maszle, Robert C. Spear, & Peng Gong. (1997). Remote Imaging Applied to Schistosomiasis Control: The Anning River Project. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations

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Watanabe, K., et al.. (1994). Benzene Toxicokinetics in Humans-Bone Marrow Exposure to Metabolites. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 51(6). 5 indexed citations

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Spear, Robert C. & Frédéric Y. Bois. (1994). Parameter variability and the interpretation of physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling results.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 102(suppl 11). 61–66. 31 indexed citations

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Spear, Robert C.. (1992). Middle Level Team Scheduling: Appropriate Grouping for Adolescents.. 2(1). 30–34. 1 indexed citations

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Bois, Frédéric Y., Martyn T. Smith, & Robert C. Spear. (1991). Mechanisms of benzene carcinogenesis: Application of a physiological model of benzene pharmacokinetics and metabolism. Toxicology Letters. 56(3). 283–298. 39 indexed citations

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Babcock, Philip, David M. Auslander, & Robert C. Spear. (1984). Dynamic considerations for control of closed life support systems. Advances in Space Research. 4(12). 263–270. 10 indexed citations

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Auslander, David M., Robert C. Spear, & G. E. Young. (1981). Design of control systems with uncertain parameters. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 18(18). 30.

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Spencer, W. F., M. M. Cliath, Keith Davis, Robert C. Spear, & William Popendorf. (1975). Persistence of parathion and its oxidation to paraoxon on the soil surface as related to worker reentry into treated crops. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 14(3). 265–272. 19 indexed citations

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